This pumpkin french toast is the perfect breakfast recipe to make this fall season. Thick and fluffy brioche bread soaked in a yummy pumpkin spice batter. Top your french toast with some homemade cinnamon honey butter, maple syrup and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Try my 20 minute pumpkin cream ravioli, pumpkin coffee cake muffins, pumpkin cinnamon rolls and pumpkin swirl cheesecake.
It's September and I love giving you lots of delicious pumpkin recipes! This pumpkin french toast is so good your family will be begging you to make it over and over again. My favorite part is the cinnamon honey butter.
All you need to make some homemade cinnamon honey butter is butter, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, honey and powdered sugar. The same cinnamon honey butter that I serve this pumpkin pie loaf with.
Grab a loaf of pre-sliced brioche bread from the grocery store. Brioche is the perfect bread to use for french toast. Brioche is considered an enriched dough bread, which has a higher fat content.
It's really quick and easy to make pumpkin french toast at home. And if you are more of a pancake person I have a pumpkin pancake recipe just for you.
Ingredients
Here is an overview of what ingredients you'll need for pumpkin french toast. Make sure to read the recipe card for the full list, amounts and directions
- brioche bread, pre-sliced to make it easy
- eggs
- half and half
- pumpkin puree
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- cinnamon
- pumpkin pie spice
- salt
For the cinnamon honey butter here's what you'll need.
- butter
- cinnamon
- pumpkin pie spice
- honey
- powdered sugar
How To Make Pumpkin French Toast
Add the eggs to a shallow bowl and use a fork until totally mixed. Add in the half and half, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and pinch of salt. Stir until combined.
Heat a pan over medium/low heat. Once the pan is to temperature melt some butter on it and spread it around.
Dip a piece of brioche bread into the egg mixture, making sure to coat both sides well, hold it above the bowl and let the excess drip off. Put it on the pan. Now repeat until you've filled up the pan, make sure not to crowd the pieces.
Watch the French toast, if the first side is getting dark too fast turn the heat down. Flip when the first side is golden. The French toast is done when its cooked throughout.
To make the cinnamon honey butter stir together very soft butter, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, honey and powdered sugar. Top the pumpkin French toast with a pat of cinnamon honey butter and pure maple syrup.
Pumpkin French Toast
This pumpkin french toast is the perfect breakfast recipe to make this fall season. Thick and fluffy brioche bread soaked in a yummy pumpkin spice batter. Top your french toast with some homemade cinnamon honey butter, maple syrup and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 loaf brioche bread
- 4 eggs
- ½ c half and half
- ⅓ c pumpkin puree
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- Pinch of salt
optional cinnamon honey butter
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add the eggs to a shallow bowl and use a fork until totally mixed. Add in the half and half, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and pinch of salt. Stir until combined.
- Heat a pan over medium/low heat. Once the pan is to temperature melt some butter on it and spread it around.
- Dip a piece of brioche bread into the egg mixture, making sure to coat both sides well, hold it above the bowl and let the excess drip off. Put it on the pan. Now repeat until you've filled up the pan, make sure not to crowd the pieces.
- Watch the French toast, if the first side is getting dark too fast turn the heat down. Flip when the first side is golden. The French toast is done when its cooked throughout.
- To make the cinnamon honey butter stir together very soft butter, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, honey and powdered sugar. Top the pumpkin French toast with a pat of cinnamon honey butter and pure maple syrup.
Notes
My favorite brioche bread is the brand St. Pierre.
Nutritional facts do not include the cinnamon honey butter, since it is optional.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 13 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 129Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 136mgCarbohydrates: 13gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 4g
This information comes from online calculators. Although moderncrumb.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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